Corkscrew



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

LOUIS O. STOLL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

OORKSCREW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,699, dated November16, 1897.

' Application filed July l0, 1897. Serial No. 344,138. No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS O. STOLL, a citi- York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Corkscrews, of which the following is afull and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled inthe art to .which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to corkscrews; and it consists of an improvementin devices of the kind described and claimed by me in anapplicationfiled in the United States Patent Office April 30, 1897,Serial No. 634,523; and the object thereof is to provide an improveddevice by means of which the cork or stopper of a bottle or similarvessel may be quickly and easily withdrawn therefrom, a further objectbeing to provide a device of this class in which the corkscrew proper ismounted in and reyoluble in a casing which supports a collar or headwhich is adapted to rest on the end of the neck of a bottle or othervessel, said casing being provided with devices by means of which thescrew may be removed,

and with it the stopper, said device being operated by means of a leverpivotally connected with said casing, which forms a part of said device.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is asectional side view of my improved corkscrew and showing the neck of abottle and the method of the operation of the device; Fig.2, a side viewof apart of said device; Fig. 3, a back view thereof; and Fig. 4, a Viewsimilar to Fig. 2, showing the parts in'a difierent position. V

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts ofmyimprovement are designated by the same numerals of reference in eachof the views, and in the practice of my invention I provide a framecomprising a head 5, having downwardly-directed side arms 6, at thelower end of which is a flaring ring or collar 7, and the head 5 isprovided with an upwardly-directed tubular extension 8, in the back ofwhich is a vertical slot 9.

The head 5 is provided with a transverse.

opening 10, and pivoted therein at 11 is a lever 12, which is providedwith a head 13, in which is formed a vertical opening'14, and pivoted inthe outer end of the opening 14, as shown at 15, is a dog 16, which isprovided atits upper end with a forwardly-directed lug or projection 17and centrally of the side thereof and at the upper end with a pin 18,

and in the lower portion of said dog 11, above the head 13 of the lever12, is a hole or opening 19, and secured to the head 5 at 20 is a spring21, which bears on the upper end of said dog.

Passing vertically through the head 5 and through the opening 14 in thehead of the lever 12 and through the tubular extension 8 of the head 5is a shaft 22, the upper end of which is provided with a handle 23, andsaid shaft is provided near its upper end with a collar 24, and saidshaft is reduced in size at 25, so,as to form an annular shoulder 26,and at the reduced portion 25 of said shaft below said annular shoulder26 are a plurality of collars or annular flanges 27, and secured to thelower end of the shaft 22 is an ordinary corkscrew 28.

Pivotally connected with the dog 16 by means of a screw 29, which passesthrough the hole or opening 19, is a cam-plate 30, which is provided atits outer upper corner with an upwardly-directed projection 31, whichoperates'in connection with the pin 18, and said cam-plate is alsoprovided at its inner upper corner with another upwardly and forwardlydirected projection 32, and secured to or formed on the lower innerportion of said cam-plate is an outwardly and forwardly di rected arm33, provided at its end with a thumb-piece 34.

Secured'to the outer end of the lever 12 and the lower side thereof is abackwardly and. downwardly directed spring. 35, and formed onor securedto one of the downwardly-directed extensions or arms 6 of the head 5 isa downwardly-directed arm 36, to the upper side of which is secured abackwardly and upwardly directed spring 37, against which the spring 35bears, and said arm 36 and said lever 12 constitute handles for thedevice, by means of which it is operated, as hereinafter described.

The lug or projection 17 on the dog 16 operates in connection with theannular shoulder 2'6 and the collars 27 on the shaft 22, and theoperation will be readily understood from the foregoing description whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the followingstatement thereof.

The collar or ring '7 is provided at one side with a downwardlydirectedarm 38, on the lower end of which is a circular or segmental clamp orjaw 39, which is adapted to press against the neck of the bottle, andwhenever it is desired to withdraw the cork from a bottle the upper endof the neck is inserted into the collar or ring '7, as shown in Fig. 1,and the arm 33 is depressed, so as to disconnect the dog 16 from theshaft 22, this operation being accomplished by means of the camplate 30,the upwardly-directed projection 32 of which bears on the head 5adjacent to the slot 9 in the tubular extension 8, so as to force saiddog baekwardly on its pivotal support at 15. The handle 23 is thenmanipulated in the usual manner to force the screw 28 into the cork, andafter this is done the arm 33 is released and the lever 12 and the arm36 are grasped, and the lever 12 is depressed, and the dog 16 engageswith the shaft 22 below the annular shoulder 26 and forces said shaftupwardly. The lever 12 is then released, and the outer end thereof isforced upwardly by the springs 35 and 37, and the dog 16 engages withthe upper annular collar 27, and said lever 12 is again depressed andthe said shaft 22 is again forced upwardly, and this operation may berepeated three times, if desired, or until the dog 16 engages with thelower collar 27 on the shaft 22, and it will be understood that in thisoperation the cork is withdrawn from the bottle. The dog 16 is forcedbackwardly, so as to be disengaged from the shaft 22, by

pressing the lever 33 backwardly or by depressing the free end thereof,and this lever and said dog are shown in two different positions inFigs. 2 and t, and when said dog is in the position shown in Fig. 2 theshaft 22 is free to slide through the head 15, and when said dog is inthe position shown in Fig. 4 the shaft will be locked thereby in thehead 5 and cannot move therethrough.

My improvement is simple in construction and operation and is perfectlyadapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a corkscrew of the character described, acasing, avertically-movable shaft mounted therein and provided withaplurality of shoulders, a corkscrew secured to the lower end thereof,an operating-lever mounted on said casing, a dog pivotally mounted onthe outer end of said lever and provided with a lug adapted to engagesaid shoulders on the corkscrew-shaft, a cam-plate pivotally connectedwith said dog, an arm secured to said camplate and provided at the outerend with a thumb-piece, a spring secured to said casing and adapted tonormally hold said dog in engagement with one of said collars, saidcamplate being provided with a lug adapted to engage a projection onsaid casing when the arm connected therewith is depressed and a pin onsaid dog adapted to limit the movement of said cam-plate whereby the dogis held out of engagement with the shoulders formed on said shaft,substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A corkscrew comprising a frame composed of a head, and provided withdownwardly-directed side arms or extensions at the lower end of which isa ring or collar, said frame being also provided with anupwardlydirected tubularextension, and the head thereof being providedwith a transverse opening, a lever the head of which is pivoted in saidtransverse opening, and provided with a vertical passage, a shaftpassing vertically through the head of the frame and through the head ofsaid lever, and said tubular extension of the frame, a spring-operateddog pivoted in the head of said lever and provided at its upper end withforwardly-direeted lug or projection, said shaft being also providedwith annular collars or projections and at the lower end thereof with acorkscrew, and said frame being also provided with an arm which isformed thereon, and extends in the same direction as said lever, andsaid arm and said lever being provided with springs and means foroperating said dog, consisting of acam-plate pivotally connectedtherewith, and provided at its upper end with two projections betweenwhich passes a pin secured to said dog, and said cam-plate being alsoprovided with an arm which projects transversely of the head of theframe, and in line with said lever, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of thesubscribing witnesses, this Sth day of July,1897.

LOUIS C. STOLTJ.

\Vit-nesses:

O. GERST, A. C. VAN BLAHCOM.

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